As we rejoice in our iPhone apps, GPS car navigation and
even TV DVRs, it’s pretty obvious that the average person has embraced
technology in a major way. I can’t imagine sitting at a long red light without
a phone to check my email on. The software advances have helped us so much we
would never go back to doing things the old way, and volunteer scheduling
software is something that more of us are starting to think should exist, but
it sure doesn’t feel that way.
Certain activities remain decidedly “old school.” One of
these is volunteering – sometimes entering the community center, I get the
feeling I’m 8 years old again, heading into a brownie meeting – the linoleum,
the paint and the smell are exactly the same. And of course, posted up on that
dusty, tired corkboard their volunteer scheduling technology has remained
static – 6 separate clipboards hung on a wall waiting for someone to wander by
and sign up.
But can’t volunteer scheduling have a technology fix too? Of
course. VolunteerSpot has created a volunteer scheduling tool that makes
coordination far less time-consuming and tedious for the organizer and actually
speeds the time from the moment the request for help is posted and the time
volunteers schedule themselves in. Organizers start as easily as they might
fill out a clipboard – they name the activity and then start clicking on the
calendar dates and times they need help, and then click off how many volunteers
are needed and what they need to bring. Pop in the email addresses of the
volunteers, hit send, and from wherever the volunteers are they can start
signing up for their volunteer shift.
In one instance, a university TA scheduling 40 proctors to
work all the mid term and final exams in the business school was able to set up
the entire, complicated schedule in just 20 minutes, send the email, and the
entire calendar filled itself as proctors easily clicked and grabbed the
volunteer spot they wanted, keeping the calendar updated in real time and
preventing double bookings. Going old school with a spreadsheet and a lot of
back and forth negotiations, this process would have taken 6 hours – a savings
of 5 plus hours using VolunteerSpot. Needless to say, they are never going back
to the old method!
So what do you want to do – spend 6 hours coordinating your
volunteer activities and setting up the schedule – or are you ready to spend 20
minutes on some pretty slick and simple volunteer scheduling software at
VolunteerSpot.com and make your volunteer coordination easier than ever? Ready?
See how easy it is - take a live or video tour today.
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Thank Goodness for Free and Easy Volunteer Scheduling Software
As we rejoice in our iPhone apps, GPS car navigation and
even TV DVRs, it’s pretty obvious that the average person has embraced
technology in a major way. I can’t imagine sitting at a long red light without
a phone to check my email on. The software advances have helped us so much we
would never go back to doing things the old way, and volunteer scheduling
software is something that more of us are starting to think should exist, but
it sure doesn’t feel that way.
Certain activities remain decidedly “old school.” One of
these is volunteering – sometimes entering the community center, I get the
feeling I’m 8 years old again, heading into a brownie meeting – the linoleum,
the paint and the smell are exactly the same. And of course, posted up on that
dusty, tired corkboard their volunteer scheduling technology has remained
static – 6 separate clipboards hung on a wall waiting for someone to wander by
and sign up.
But can’t volunteer scheduling have a technology fix too? Of
course. VolunteerSpot has created a volunteer scheduling tool that makes
coordination far less time-consuming and tedious for the organizer and actually
speeds the time from the moment the request for help is posted and the time
volunteers schedule themselves in. Organizers start as easily as they might
fill out a clipboard – they name the activity and then start clicking on the
calendar dates and times they need help, and then click off how many volunteers
are needed and what they need to bring. Pop in the email addresses of the
volunteers, hit send, and from wherever the volunteers are they can start
signing up for their volunteer shift.
In one instance, a university TA scheduling 40 proctors to
work all the mid term and final exams in the business school was able to set up
the entire, complicated schedule in just 20 minutes, send the email, and the
entire calendar filled itself as proctors easily clicked and grabbed the
volunteer spot they wanted, keeping the calendar updated in real time and
preventing double bookings. Going old school with a spreadsheet and a lot of
back and forth negotiations, this process would have taken 6 hours – a savings
of 5 plus hours using VolunteerSpot. Needless to say, they are never going back
to the old method!
So what do you want to do – spend 6 hours coordinating your
volunteer activities and setting up the schedule – or are you ready to spend 20
minutes on some pretty slick and simple volunteer scheduling software at
VolunteerSpot.com and make your volunteer coordination easier than ever? Ready?
See how easy it is - take a live or video tour today.
